fires between israel and the palestinian movements fatah and hamas he now serves as the director of the conflicts forum in the route where r.t. sat down with him for an exclusive interview thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us is the wave of recent violence the anti-american a wave of protests across the middle east do you see that as a coordinated effort or or perhaps just a reaction to what's going on on the ground it seems to me that what happened in libya was well planned well conceived i mean very well planned. and was certainly not something that happened just out of the blue and it coincided of course with the anniversary of nine eleven. and seems to be more serious i don't think that necessarily suggests that everything else that this that occurred during this period. was therefore coordinated or well designed or or well planned and what it did touch was

a real latent sense of anger at what people see as the continuing aggression as they see it against their traditions against their culture against their way of being in this region by western states the recent events the sudden outbreak of salafist violence in libya itself in bin ghazi the very seeds of what the americans saw a. new new era mirrored this outbreak will cause. the west cumulatively to begin to question and start the process which they need to do which is really to reassess what actually is going on it's not the awakening that people thought it's not simply a popular impulse of the oppressed against the oppressors it's far more than that and what we are seeing is the overlay of the dynamics here is the gulf spill. it's

saudi arabia or. other gulf states are trying to create a sunni bloc in the west. as they try to create a salafist sunni bloc in the east and succeeded no it's the here and it's causing huge turmoil and huge internal conflict within the reach of referring to the killing of the u.s. ambassador in libya secretary of state hillary clinton our mark how could this happen in a country that we helped liberate what are the u.s. foreign policy makers missing when it comes to their supports our interfering in countries with complicated stance towards the west indeed i think it is causing a real sense of anxiety and a sense of schalke in the united states widely because this whole narrative that somehow the awake me was going away was reflecting and you know much of that was

simply based on this rather press. narrative that was promoted by many mainstream western press did look they're using twitter and facebook therefore it must be western in its orientation well of course you find the salafist groups are seeing facebook and twitter not necessarily to promote western values but i think that gave it the sense that somehow this was flowing in the west direction and i think this is come as a big wakeup call to to the western states for the moment we see a tacit if you like alliance between the sea of radical elements in the united states in bringing down assad and bringing down gadhafi but when that's finished where will their or where will. their objective turn it will turn precisely on israel and america ok. living i've seen for twenty five years people think using the salafist as. sort of simple pious people who don't understand

politics for their end only to find the salafist use them for their ends and i fear that this is what they will find that it will turn on them and will bite them just as it did twenty five to thirty years ago but what lessons has the us failed to learn when it comes to its experience in afghanistan and how does that relate to what's going on right now i remember in eighty seven going and talking to the americans about it and saying you know you need to really understand the big differences between these groups that are taking part in this alliance to put together and you have to understand some have credibility and real roots within the community but others do not at all they're quite different and the americans and the senator i remember at the time turned to me and said listen i list thank you for the advice and mourning is about certain groups in afghanistan but look i just want to tell you they're the ones that really care communist pass and so we looked

away didn't want to know what was happening we preferred not to go because it was so popular domestically with president reagan with mr thought it was going down well no where in the area where king gadhafi where king president assad is a popular sport in the west and good domestically so we don't look who are these groups in syria who were the groups in libya what really you know they're taking it all their objectives truly to bring about as some in the west imagine a simply a more liberal society a more democratic and easy breathing society of course not just twenty five thirty years ago people didn't want to hear it was unpopular to say anything so it's been extremely unpopular here so are you saying that the west miscalculated chose the wrong alliances perhaps i think that they miscalculate totally.

they chose they created americans for themselves it was a constructed narrative that really all of the initial awakening which was popular and had real popular impulse in it was somehow a vindication of european values of american values and they misread this it was not it was in fact when you heard that it was a protest against injustice in the iniquity it was a protest against neo liberalism it was a protest against the absolute support of the west against for israel and for. its policies against the palestinians that may not have been at the forefront of all of the climate but the reason that these dictators like mubarak had been so unpopular was precisely because he was the instrument of the west the instrument of

suppression of the palestinians and that it was all was behind the protests that took place so it was not an endorsement of western values it was a reaction and i think the recent violence that we see against western embassies not just american and western sharply on the line symbolically the limits of western influence in this region this is pushback against their attempt to shape and mold the so-called arab awakening for their own purpose to install their own people their own successors for their own interests in the area when it comes to syria how do you see the conflict there playing out is peace at all possible at this point or happily surpassed that opportunity any i don't think until now we've had a window there's not really been a real window for negotiations because the west has not wanted. the opposition to the serious treatment. except on

a complete collapse. of president assad and the syrian system i think. maybe a window arising in the near future and i do hope that the west will instead of ridiculing and belittling russia's attempts to try and have a negotiated outcome in support because russia place a crucial if there is ever to be a negotiation between the two parties will have to be guaranteed to have to be guarantees for the opposition for who's going to give the guard the un. west coast only russia can really play the crucial role in resulting i'm sorry but a u.n. negotiate the u.n. has no standing and no legitimacy in syria amongst either side at this time and are you worried about be ongoing violence in syria spilling over here into

lebanon and potentially fracturing the society here of course everyone is worried and it's already has had effect here in lebanon it is polarized the politics of lebanon. it is resulted in conflicts that have taken place in tripoli it is resulted in. skirmishes that have happened in beirut and in in the south in. the reflection of this taking place and lebanon is of course vulnerable to this type of sectarian conflict but so was jordan and so is iraq and we are seeing the same effect also taking place so it's affecting the whole region and if there is if it continues and of course if the money in the weapons continue to be poured into syria it will of course. continue

for a certain extent. no government can stop two or three people and call does continue the tensions will increase but they may explode outside in fact i think in many cases. at this stage it's the states outside that are more vulnerable the neighbors of syria that could be said to be more vulnerable than syria itself to call for gratian and civil war israel remains a surprisingly untouched. by the rise of radical islam do you expect to continue and how do you see this playing out i think at the moment it's quite crude that the palestinian issue is almost obscured hardly even on the agenda. but of course i don't believe that this will persist i believe that the palestinian issue has been so crucial to the self identity of so many states whether it's egypt whether it's syria itself that when things settle down the palestinian issue will

of course reemerge and of course israel is not unaffected it may not be feeling the effects now but look i mean what's happened has been as dramatic a change of south africa experience all those years ago at the time of the implosion of the soviet union suddenly. israel is now surrounded in egypt perhaps soon in jordan and elsewhere by a very different region from the one in which. it previously existed thank you. mike good runs deep through the russian soul is providing. aeration for songs and

poems and is the country's main north south artery and decades ago schumann ingenuity connected it to the dawn river to the west the dawn canal is an engineering marvel within a day a vessel can pass the canals thirteen blocks ten million tons of shipping does so every year. another concrete giant is this finished fifty years ago it's the biggest hydroelectric plant in europe it powers the local city of volgograd and sends lots more electricity to moscow hydroelectric plant behind me is a potent example of how much the volga can provide but harnessing a river like this isn't without its cost. fishermen have been watching fish stocks for years they see the slow damage the downing of the river has done especially to russia's prized sturgeon the source of caviar. hydroelectric plant has done significant damage because it stopped fish swimming up to the spawning grounds.

within a year all these houses would have gone fall into the river depending on how many of the hydroelectric plants turbines are on the water level can change suddenly and dramatically too suddenly for the banks to absorb. control of the river flow by the plant has made building the plane more attractive serious floods are less likely but the water that is put into the drains is taken away from the fish that need it now at last the voice of the voters of color jay might start being heard. the first time in fifty years the rules will contain a point on maintaining biodiversity in the river still have a chance to bring the volga back to life. meaning that the mighty volga is treated with the respect it deserves.

more news today is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. showing operations around the day. rages and creative. elegance and full of public speaking. remarkably funny. a few european bodybuilders against millions of. immigrants. which may not seem so serious. but this could be a real threat. to. european extremists.

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next up you know in seattle with the latest news. good to have you with us this is sports today let's have a look at what's making headlines this hour. the talk of tokyo patrol beats defending champion i advance gears a claim the biggest title of her thirteen year career at palm pacific open. let the kind die begin fief is the final list of cities that will host games at world cup twenty eight days in russia. and feeling blue russian football champions in its weight for a win this month goes all of this in petersburg side drop home to lockable team. is

where we begin with the russian premier league where two time defending champions and eight are yet to fully right this ship despite bringing back in battle striker alexander from the reserve squad this in petersburg man playing a draw with locomotive to stay six overall forward see action from the start of the second half but things started well enough without him. in the fender dominico. buying minutes albeit the feet of the flexion through a man who ever go right back on track eleven minutes later senegalese striker and. the ball past keeper we have to tie perceiving the game more for its ill disciplined and free flowing football with a red card issued to each team and nine yellow cards dished out one one how it ended. last each erik were unable to mar city day celebrations incrusted are locals too badly emerging to on winners and one that's

gone off opening the footballing festivities thirty two minutes enough through well executed to ban free kick turks martin you're nick had his say in the proceedings three minutes later. early contender for cool of the season this simply an incredible strike longshots the story of our ass as billy's effort in there even for a minute to say i come hunting turk their second straight loss after six wins in a row chew on how it ended. for from a dive into a car before that smashing the hosts year long on beaten rather home in the process it was a car though who secured the early advantage of people and none of which to reach an instant before firing the boss fights net new signing can house from the level of modest beautifully with a free kick on thirty three minutes his first goal for spartak seems goalkeepers how eventful even some course are here but ruben receiving a straight read early in the second half right after the red white's under

a man had left the field think three henri immediately putting the new keeper to the test and exploratory to only the sixty seven minutes archie was zuba would put the finally on the coffin heading on right at the desperate. basketball where the next few months promised to be the most exciting and challenging period alexy sheds life the twenty three year old joined the minnesota timberwolves from saskia moscow during the summer those richard brown porfiry reports he'll have a more than familiar face to help him might stateside. it's a dream come true for alex has she had to finally move to b. and b. a the twenty four year old has improved dramatically over the last couple of years as a key part of his country side who won bronze in london this summer he hasn't had much rest the form a serious car guard says he's raring to go i have already been in training for the last two weeks and i just want to get there and. see the first season in the n.b.a. . but i hope one particular friend will help me out when i get there and i hope

everything will be ok we'll have a massive helping hand when moved to minnesota and still be joined by m.b. a veteran and he couldn't even come i'm the russian says it's fantastic to have such a good friend as a team mate still goes up the hill he's been the pain in the n.b.a. for ten seasons and he's vastly experienced he's always the kind of guy you can go to for some advice although he's a good person to have around and he's a good friend of mine both on and off the court i'm sure he will help me out when i get there and i'll try to take his advice and. we welcome him into says that shit has every chance of being a success in north america so he's a talented guy you know he got all tools to become a star so you don't know who's who just good fortune. as a veteran i will help him as much as possible should scheme has really developed since he joined sis come people say season x. and show the frequent fine though sometimes that down by a lapse in concentration and poor decision making but as he showed at both european

and international level he has what it takes to succeed on the biggest stage was that everything started to prove for me when i got more game time however when. i was on the court i just kept on improving minnesota could well spring a surprise a season in me in the a now they have a young and dynamic team that the likes of kevin love america rubio on their roster that would carry and can should set to join the future looks bright for the team from minnesota which of them both eternity. i tennyson our nightly patrol has claimed the biggest win of her career the russian the throwing reaming champion . at the pan pacific open but over getting off to the best possible start taking the opening set to love the second set though proving almost exactly the opposite of the first we were advancing fiercely to secure it six once again concentration when it mattered most though re getting the initiative in the this thirty year old

only able to be denied her second title of the season winning six one six six games to remain. i to mixed martial arts where the m one challenge tournament hits the russian capital on sunday night. reports the top of the build clash features a very familiar name. good or bad but the minute you go fight song. with arguably the greatest mixed martial artist of all time having level sport in his younger brother i think sunder is still in the business. for in fame during the heyday of the pride fighting championships. in early two thousand the biggest and may stage of them all back down. i'm not disappointed with reuters decision to leave it all of course fans would love him to

keep on fighting because he's the best everybody enjoyed watching him fight. style but proving his outstanding skills over and over again very good that's why his retirement was just slightly disappointing but he's not a machine and you realize it was time to leave and devote himself to other things and i'm all glad for those legacies untouchable. state undefeated for a decade well looks under scrutiny or has been sent down. to do inspire and through sheer aggression you know in the last five if it's issue of those without fear or approach one of the most devastating losses came in november last year when that son there was no way he's compared to. just twenty seconds into the boat but he recovered with a claimed three wins in a row on sunday the thirty one year old is set to face lottery as constantin in the

main event chose tournament in his book he will be there to give us all his bandwagon i respect him as a fighter for bore hole he's good at both the punching and kicking also seen him take his opponents to the ground and almost be ready for that to occur however he's first and foremost a very good striker should. i consider alexander you know yet in could very strong in excess. syrian's to the bone of the i'm very much so for a very was of course i wish him all the best i want to be involved in this big fight them a little bit around will enjoy it where it was surely something more than just a stick rode somebody mediating we in the road to redemption we lose and he's right back to square one. on top of that the things that need a few million and it's always been superseded with right he's once again and

a line. or two. and finally the kind of defeat for world cup twenty eighteen can i begin in earnest right here in russia for the host cities for the biggest event in football were announced live on russian t.v. on saturday evening moscow sim petersburg and saw they were all sure to be picked from the thirteen hopefuls on shows and they were the two regions have to be dropped to make the final shortlist of twelve stadiums in eleven cities across nodar and you are seeing their dreams of watching the sport's biggest stars off close. means moscow st petersburg's saw a coloring berg kaliningrad. nizhny novgorod summer volgograd surrounds. all the knowledge russia which had never held a world cup before it beat off competition from england. from spain portugal netherlands belgium to win the right to host the twenty eighth and i think that young. is all your sport for now.

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